totalitarian-of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life; totalitarian theory and practice; operating in a totalistic fashion.otalitarian. 1. Characterized by or favoring absolute obedience to authority: authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, tyrannic, tyrannical.
Photo gallery: The 1933 assassination of Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak. Eighty years ago this week, Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak was shot in an assassination attempt on Franklin D. Roosevelt during an event in Miami, Fla., in 1933. Mayor Cermak would linger for weeks before succumbing to his injuries. Link to this photo.
A man fired shots at the car from which President-Elect Roosevelt had just given a speech. Roosevelt was not hit, but the bullets hit others, including Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak who died from his wounds.